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Unemployment not only causes material hardship but can also affect an individual's sense of identity (i.e. their …, workfare may not provide the intended incentives, and flexicurity (a system that combines a flexible labor market with active …
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Unemployment not only causes material hardship but can also affect an individual's sense of identity (i.e. their …, measures that require some work or attendance for training from those receiving benefits (workfare) may not provide the …
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This paper advocates the cautious and constitutional evolution of existing basic income schemes (quot;unemployment … long-term unemployed (gradualism strategy). The paper argues that, with regard to existing unemployment benefit II … relative poverty line) earnings from mini, midi and part-time jobs - with the aim of providing current unemployment II …
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Many politicians believe they can intervene in the economy to improve people's lives. But can they? In a social experiment carried out in the United Kingdom, extensive in-work support was randomly assigned among 16,000 disadvantaged people. We follow a sub-sample of 3,500 single parents for 5...
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Similar to many other European countries, Germany's unemployment policy made a paradigm shift towards activation policy … sanction enforcement on unemployment exit hazards. Based on a survey sample, covering the first three years after … leaving the labor market. -- unemployment benefit sanctions ; unemployment duration ; employment ; non-employment ; mixed …
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Similar to numerous other European countries, Germany's unemployment policy went through a paradigm shift towards … inference of sanction enforcements on unemployment exit hazards. Based on a novel survey sample, covering the first three years … entrance, but also on leaving the labor market. -- unemployment benefit sanctions ; unemployment duration ; employment ; non …
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To analyze well-being effects of minimum wages, the introduction of a minimum wage in Germany in 2015 is used as a quasi-experiment. Based on the representative SOEP data, a difference-in-differences design compares the development of life, job, and pay satisfaction between those who are...
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This paper provides the first empirical analysis of the (short-term) welfare consequences of an alcohol ban. Using subjective well-being data to proxy individual welfare, I apply a regression discontinuity design where the date of the implementation of the ban in the German federal state of...
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This paper provides the first empirical analysis of the (short-term) welfare consequences of an alcohol ban. Using subjective well-being data to proxy individual welfare, I apply a regression discontinuity design where the date of the implementation of the ban in the German federal state of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011897296
In this article, I study state dependence in social assistance receipt in Germany using annual survey data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) for the years 1995-2011. There is considerable observed state dependence, with an average persistence rate in benefits of 68% comparing to an...
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